On April 26, 1986 , the whole world was shocked by a terrible catastrophe: an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR, which destroyed the entire fourth reactor. This tragedy could not be ignored by filmmakers who had already learned to make films whose plot is directly related to the events of the cataclysm that happened. Films about Chernobyl are very diverse - from a sharp social drama or tragedy to horror films. Their review follows.
Horror
Films about Chernobyl, the list of which is presented below, belong to the genre of horrors. They do not have an emotional background expressing sympathy for the victims of the accident, instructive warnings to all mankind. The plot of these paintings consists of the misadventures of the main characters in the exclusion zone, inhabited by monsters, waiting for the unfortunate in the dark.
- “The restricted area” (2012, USA). The youth horror film Bradley Parker tells about American tourists who come to Ukraine in search of extreme sports, hire a guide and go to the Chernobyl zone for a fresh dose of adrenaline. However, disappointment awaits them, Pripyat is empty and abandoned. But this is an erroneous opinion: with the onset of dusk, spreading panic and horror, the current inhabitants of the zone crawl out of all the cracks.
- "Monsters" (1993, Russia). Director Sergei Kuchkov presented his vision of the Chernobyl monsters. The characters of his painting - scientists - go to the nuclear station to conduct studies of the radiation background and environmental changes. Soon one of them suffers a painful death, and the surviving colleagues, examining the remains, understand that the cause of death is the attack of a giant monster.
Social dramas
Films about Chernobyl presented in this section are unlikely to leave the audience indifferent.
- Ukrainian tape "Author". P tells the story of the pupil of the orphanage of Pripyat Aurora. The girl receives a terrible dose of radiation during the disaster. An expensive operation, which is carried out only in the USA, can save her life. Aurora is transported to America, where she meets her idol - ballet dancer Nick. The meeting of a dancer who is experiencing a creative crisis and a dying child becomes crucial for the first.
- A co-production film from Germany, Ukraine and Russia - Saturday . A deep drama about the first post-accident day. The protagonist, having witnessed the incident, understands what consequences the secrecy of the incident may bring. He faces a moral choice: to obey the order and not sow panic or warn, try to save people.
- "Land of Oblivion." Like many other films about Chernobyl, this picture is a joint production of Ukraine and France. The plot is based on the personal tragedy of Olga Kurylenko, a young girl from Pripyat. Olga had a chance to survive the horror of the catastrophe: loss of loved ones, fear, panic, loss of health, youth, beauty. Through the description of the fate of the main character, distorted by a catastrophe, the viewer can feel the whole depth of the tragedy.
About love
Films about Chernobyl touch the topic of love, revealing the feelings of the main characters and at the same time showing the tragedy or its consequences.
- “Year of the Dog” (1994, France, Russia). The story of ex-prisoner Sergei and his beloved Vera, who found simple human happiness on earth, contaminated with radiation, in an abandoned village. Life story of love on the background of the zone.
- “Tomorrow” (1991, USSR). A melodramatic story. Young people, by chance meeting on the platform before the accident, arrange a date in a week at the same place. Their new meeting took place already in an infected deserted city. Lovers do not stay long in the radiation "paradise", walk, try on things, get married in a deserted temple. They pay with life for their short happiness.
- Moths (2013, Ukraine). Against the backdrop of a global technological disaster , the love story of alumni Ali and conscript soldier Pasha unfolds. They meet in Pripyat and fly towards their feelings, ignoring everything around, like moths.
Detectives, action and fantasy
- "Decay" (1990, USSR, USA). Journalist Alexander Zhuravlev is persistently trying to penetrate behind a veil of gloomy secret hiding something terrible. But he is only a helpless witness of what is happening, an unfortunate victim of cold-blooded silence and lies.
- “The ranger from the atomic zone” (1999, Belarus, Russia). The main character, Badger, captain of the 2nd rank, after returning to his home in Belarus, guards the radioactive exclusion zone, which is constantly attacked by marauders - dealers in abandoned equipment, drugs and infected wood.
- "The Third Planet" (1991, USSR). To save his 15-year-old daughter Alena, suffering from an incurable disease, Anton goes to the zone. According to rumors, mutants live there - supermen-healers, on whom the unfortunate father has the last hope.
List all the films about Chernobyl is quite difficult. But their distinctive feature is the catchy and forcing atmosphere. The creators provide the audience with the opportunity to feel everything that happened or is happening in the exclusion zone. In addition to the above, there are several more paintings highly appreciated by the viewer and film critics: Chernobyl: The Last Warning, Black Stork, I Remember, and the very popular modern youth series Chernobyl. Exclusion Zone, which is simply referred to among fans, is the film Chernobyl Zone.
Documentary
Despite the reviews and reviews of feature films on the theme of the accident, none of the above tapes will make the viewer so deeply relive and feel the events of those days as non-fiction tapes can do. The documentary about Chernobyl Rolland Sergienko “The Bell of Chernobyl” regards the tragedy as a warning to all mankind. But goosebumps will cause a film tour of the exclusion zone called Chernobyl. 25 years later. ” An attempt to convey the truth to the viewer is called the painting “Chernobyl. The mystery of the death of Academician Legasov. " A documentary about Chernobyl from Off the Fence and Animal Planet entitled “Chernobyl. Life in the death zone ”will tell about how nature gradually licks the wounds inflicted by the catastrophe.